Thursday, June 30

Mary Frances Briles McNeil Passes

Mary Frances McNeil, age 88, of Hays passed Friday, June 24, 2011, at the Hays Good Samaritan Center. Memorial services was held at 11:00 a.m. on Thursday, June 30, 2011 at the Hays Memorial Chapel Funeral Home, 1906 Pine Street. Inurnment followed at 10:00 a.m. on Friday, July 1, 2011 at the St. Ann's Cemetery in Effingham, Kansas. Born December 25, 1922, at Vernon, Kansas, to Glen and Marcia Ruth (Lynn) Briles. She married Edgar F. McNeil on August 14, 1948, at Manhattan, Kansas. He preceded her in death in 2004. Survivors include her daughter Marcia Pfeiffer and her husband, Ed of St. Louis, Missouri; a son, Glen McNeil and his wife, Terry of Hays; grandchildren, Nicole Meinhardt (Kent), Becky Scalzo (Jim), Nathan McNeil (Lauren), Erica Pfeiffer, and Nolan McNeil; and three great grandchildren. She was preceded in death by a great grandson, Aiden Meinhardt.